Apparatus and method for risk stratification of patients with chest pain of suspected cardiac origin
US7074194B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H10/40
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The subject invention relates to the detection, diagnosis and risk stratification of clinical events such as acute coronary syndrome, in patients with signs and symptoms of suspected cardiac origin. In one embodiment, a clinical event in a patient is diagnosed by obtaining the patient's ECG, and at least one in vitro diagnostic assay, preferably an assay for a marker of ischemia, and optionally in vitro diagnostic assays for necrotic markers or other cardiac indicators, and combining the foregoing results in an algorithm to provide a diagnosis or a risk stratification of the clinical condition.
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